December 23, 201510 yr Ace of MLB Stats @theaceofspaeder 7h7 hours ago #WhiteSox Jose Abreu was MLB's best "bad ball hitter" in 2015. He led all of baseball with 76 hits on balls that were out of the zone.
December 23, 201510 yr I've noticed over the last two seasons that he is quite good at hitting baseballs.
December 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (Alexeihyeess @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 08:30 PM) I've noticed over the last two seasons that he is quite good at hitting baseballs. He's probably right up there with swings out of the zone too. He's good in that he wants to drive guys home but that got exploited a bit his 2nd year. He needs to be more patient especially if the lineup gets much stronger around him . Take a lesson from the Big Hurt , make the pitchers come to you .
December 23, 201510 yr Vlad Guerrero, is that you? edit- great minds think alike Edited December 23, 201510 yr by Jose Abreu
December 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 10:39 PM) He's probably right up there with swings out of the zone too. He's good in that he wants to drive guys home but that got exploited a bit his 2nd year. He needs to be more patient especially if the lineup gets much stronger around him . Take a lesson from the Big Hurt , make the pitchers come to you . While his numbers were definitely down from 2014, if you look at his splits it's pretty much all from LHP. 2014: RHP: .305/.364/.555 LHP: .353/.437/.662 2015: RHP: .308/.360/.548 LHP: .232/.306/.352 His numbers against RHP stayed almost exactly the same, but he went from murdering LHP to struggling mightily against LHP. Both were probably a bit fluky, so if he can just split the difference between the two LHP splits next year, he'll be primed to have another monster year.
December 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 09:11 AM) While his numbers were definitely down from 2014, if you look at his splits it's pretty much all from LHP. 2014: RHP: .305/.364/.555 LHP: .353/.437/.662 2015: RHP: .308/.360/.548 LHP: .232/.306/.352 His numbers against RHP stayed almost exactly the same, but he went from murdering LHP to struggling mightily against LHP. Both were probably a bit fluky, so if he can just split the difference between the two LHP splits next year, he'll be primed to have another monster year. I pointed this out a couple of months ago. People were so upset about the 14 starts LaRoche made against lefties, yet the problem the Sox had with lefties is hardly anyone hit them, and Abreu's OPS was down over .400 vs them. You would have to think that should bounce back a bit.
December 23, 201510 yr I wonder what that was accustomed to? They don't face any seriously good LHP in ALC. The White Sox have the best LHP in the AL! Edited December 23, 201510 yr by pettie4sox
December 23, 201510 yr QUOTE (CaliSoxFanViaSWside @ Dec 22, 2015 -> 10:39 PM) He's probably right up there with swings out of the zone too. He's good in that he wants to drive guys home but that got exploited a bit his 2nd year. He needs to be more patient especially if the lineup gets much stronger around him . Take a lesson from the Big Hurt , make the pitchers come to you . excellent point, I concur
December 24, 201510 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 09:26 AM) I pointed this out a couple of months ago. People were so upset about the 14 starts LaRoche made against lefties, yet the problem the Sox had with lefties is hardly anyone hit them, and Abreu's OPS was down over .400 vs them. You would have to think that should bounce back a bit. 50 at bats last year? Small sample size. He has power vs lefties which is what sox need.
December 24, 201510 yr Maybe his finger injury made it more difficult to sit back on a lefty changeup
December 26, 201510 yr QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Dec 23, 2015 -> 12:13 PM) I wonder what that was accustomed to? They don't face any seriously good LHP in ALC. The White Sox have the best LHP in the AL! Late inning lefty specialists? He hit .219 and .231 in the 8th and 9th. I wouldn't be surprised if many of those he faced were lefties.
December 26, 201510 yr QUOTE (OnlyGillis @ Dec 25, 2015 -> 10:38 PM) Late inning lefty specialists? He hit .219 and .231 in the 8th and 9th. I wouldn't be surprised if many of those he faced were lefties. Why would managers bring in a lefty specialist to face Abreu?
December 26, 201510 yr QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Dec 26, 2015 -> 12:02 AM) Why would managers bring in a lefty specialist to face Abreu? I didn't say it was logical to bring them in to face him, but since there are virtually no LH starters in the Central, he must have faced them mostly in later innings. Edited December 26, 201510 yr by OnlyGillis
December 26, 201510 yr Some interesting stats: Abreu vs power pitchers - .240 / .707 OPS; vs relievers - .231 / .673 OPS
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